Goals must be disclosed

The Nato military mission in Libya has both overt and covert goals, the weekly paper Le Jeudi writes, and calls for transparency: "The avowed goal of this mission is to protect Libya's civilian population from Gaddafi's troops. Nevertheless the real goal remains the overthrow of the Libyan leader. ... As to the question of the legitimacy of such an operation, it remains an open issue, both because numerous other countries are still under the yoke of dictators and other tyrants and because of the risk that the combat may drag on and on. ... The sole certainty is that the Arab Spring marks a clear dividing line between an old order and a new one which however has yet to be invented."

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